One of my most favorite runs, ever. Always scout for wood beforehand (as it's really easy to do
with the road). If you do decide to huck Bald River Falls, be VERY careful on the climb up on the
right side and lowering yourself into the pool below. The slipping potential combined with the
rock-landing could be disastrous. I and several others have run BRF at levels down to 1.4, in both
creekers and playboats, so the thing is almost always good to go. Recently, a vertical pin occured
at Jared's Knee by actually going too far to the right, close to the undercut on river right at
lower levels. Footage of where this pin is is available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6L5W13zYxY , courtesy of Adam Willard.
2009-11-02 01:35:10 (30 days ago)
As of Sunday morning 11-1-09 a large log was lodged above and across the last boof in Jared's Knee.
It extends from the undercut boulder on the left diagonally downstream to the chute on the right
side of the boof rock, fully across the normal line. It was mostly submerged and somewhat difficult
to see at 2.1 feet on the gage. Only the upstream trunk and downstream branches were visible. Local
boaters report this tree had been lodged upstream in a less hazardous location. It presumably moved
in the high water Saturday afternoon 10-31. Jordan Ross Edit
2009-08-12 02:07:04 (112 days ago)
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I ran it several weeks ago when it was around 2.3. I was up there with two other people, and we
meet up with about 10 others. Some we knew, some we didn't know. Regardless we all set shuttles
with each other and made party runs in one big group, it was a blast! Us three that drove up in the
same car, camped (napped for 2 hours) and put on in 6am, there was barely light. We made 5 runs
before noon then went to a place in Tellico Plains called Prospectors. I rein the only person to
beat there food eating challenge! Then had enough time to go to the Ocoee on the way back to GA.
What a great day!
2009-07-07 02:14:20 (148 days ago)
Not certain how much the botoxing of one's balls has to do with this run but I do think this is one
of the best ones in tenn. Edit
2009-04-27 10:43:20 (219 days ago)
PLAIN AND SIMPLE, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN CREEKS I HAVE EVER RUN IN MY OPINION!!! Edit
2009-04-11 11:16:01 (235 days ago)
Thomas Oliver and myself ran the whole section down to the Knee at 14,000 cfs. Baby Falls was about
a 6-8ft drop (Major Hazard). Swimming any of the top drops or the Knee would be really bad. Edit
2009-01-13 01:17:13 (323 days ago)
I ran the Tellico yesterday, and wanted to let other boaters know that there is a large log in the
left side run of "diper wiper," so watch out. You can still run the left side but you should scout
it before to see where the log is. Edit
2008-11-17 12:33:51 (379 days ago)
Jason A. and I ran the ledges today. We started at 10am. The 10:15 reading was 1.08ft on the USGS
gauge. We decided to park and huck at each ledge and not mess with the in betweens due to
scrappyness. We started at auto-boof ran it 3-4 times then up to the top ledge near upper bridge
ran it 3 times and then we ran Baby Falls over and over. Plenty of water for each drop!!!! We had a
blast!! When we we got off the water at 1:00 the next reading wasn't until 2:15pm. When it was
posted it read 1.02ft. There were 2 other paddlers up there and they ran the entire length of the
Upper. Yeah it was bony in between the drops in places put the drops were good to go! So if the
gauge is 1.00ft or higher I say get off the couch and go huck'n!!!!!!!!! Shane Eddleman Edit
I was talking with Mike Lewis (Louie on BT) today. Recently there has been some disagreement about
runnable levels on the Tellico. For a long time the conventional wisdon was that 1.7 on the gauge
was about minimum. However more and more people have been reporting good runs down to 1.3 and even
lower.
Mike, who has been running the Tellico for more than 20 years and did a Tennessee Outdoor Life TV
show on the river, went to see if he could figure what had happened. He says that the river bed
under the gauge has gotten scoured out and, relyng on some of his long time water marks, he thinks
that what was 1.7 is now about 1.3.
This means that the river is runnable lower than many of us generally thought. If you like the
Tellico then you might want to try it down to the 1.3 range, or, for my money, even lower. Please
report you runs and levels. Chris Kelly
A note about the undercut in Jerrod's Knee...It is located immediately river left of the "knee"
rock. It is slightly undercut, but the real problem there is it narrows down to a pinch at the
bottom. Be extra cautious if you are in a playboat and find yourself to the left of the knee.
Swimming into this slot could be bad due to the risk of a leg getting wedged in the pinch.
User Comments
with the road). If you do decide to huck Bald River Falls, be VERY careful on the climb up on the
right side and lowering yourself into the pool below. The slipping potential combined with the
rock-landing could be disastrous. I and several others have run BRF at levels down to 1.4, in both
creekers and playboats, so the thing is almost always good to go. Recently, a vertical pin occured
at Jared's Knee by actually going too far to the right, close to the undercut on river right at
lower levels. Footage of where this pin is is available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6L5W13zYxY , courtesy of Adam Willard.
It extends from the undercut boulder on the left diagonally downstream to the chute on the right
side of the boof rock, fully across the normal line. It was mostly submerged and somewhat difficult
to see at 2.1 feet on the gage. Only the upstream trunk and downstream branches were visible. Local
boaters report this tree had been lodged upstream in a less hazardous location. It presumably moved
in the high water Saturday afternoon 10-31. Jordan Ross Edit
meet up with about 10 others. Some we knew, some we didn't know. Regardless we all set shuttles
with each other and made party runs in one big group, it was a blast! Us three that drove up in the
same car, camped (napped for 2 hours) and put on in 6am, there was barely light. We made 5 runs
before noon then went to a place in Tellico Plains called Prospectors. I rein the only person to
beat there food eating challenge! Then had enough time to go to the Ocoee on the way back to GA.
What a great day!
of the best ones in tenn. Edit
a 6-8ft drop (Major Hazard). Swimming any of the top drops or the Knee would be really bad. Edit
left side run of "diper wiper," so watch out. You can still run the left side but you should scout
it before to see where the log is. Edit
gauge. We decided to park and huck at each ledge and not mess with the in betweens due to
scrappyness. We started at auto-boof ran it 3-4 times then up to the top ledge near upper bridge
ran it 3 times and then we ran Baby Falls over and over. Plenty of water for each drop!!!! We had a
blast!! When we we got off the water at 1:00 the next reading wasn't until 2:15pm. When it was
posted it read 1.02ft. There were 2 other paddlers up there and they ran the entire length of the
Upper. Yeah it was bony in between the drops in places put the drops were good to go! So if the
gauge is 1.00ft or higher I say get off the couch and go huck'n!!!!!!!!! Shane Eddleman Edit
of water for a run of the Ledges afterwards.
runnable levels on the Tellico. For a long time the conventional wisdon was that 1.7 on the gauge
was about minimum. However more and more people have been reporting good runs down to 1.3 and even
lower.
Mike, who has been running the Tellico for more than 20 years and did a Tennessee Outdoor Life TV
show on the river, went to see if he could figure what had happened. He says that the river bed
under the gauge has gotten scoured out and, relyng on some of his long time water marks, he thinks
that what was 1.7 is now about 1.3.
This means that the river is runnable lower than many of us generally thought. If you like the
Tellico then you might want to try it down to the 1.3 range, or, for my money, even lower. Please
report you runs and levels. Chris Kelly
rock. It is slightly undercut, but the real problem there is it narrows down to a pinch at the
bottom. Be extra cautious if you are in a playboat and find yourself to the left of the knee.
Swimming into this slot could be bad due to the risk of a leg getting wedged in the pinch.